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How to Win Zyra vs Tristana Counter MatchupZyra is in the s tier of champions

Zyra vs Tristana

How to Beat Tristana as Zyra in LoLZyra is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Tristana as Zyra

based on 5,307 Zyra vs Tristana matchups
Win Rate
53.3 %
K/D/A
2.35
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our dataset, Zyra faced Tristana in 5307 games. With so many matchups for Zyra vs Tristana gives us confidence in our ability to prepare informative data and a recommended build to crush your foe. This champion matchup is relatively rare. Zyra is forced to battle against Tristana in only 3.3% of her games.

Zyra vs Tristana Matchup Summary

Zyra does a good job of beating Tristana. Typically, she wins a whopping 53.3% of games the champions face each other in. In Zyra against Tristana games, Zyra’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Tristana.

Best Zyra vs Tristana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHaunting Guise

Core Zyra Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameCryptbloomStormsurgeRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zyra to level upe
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Second ability for Zyra to level upq
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Last skill for Zyra to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationTaste of BloodRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Zyra's passive ability p
Zyra's q ability q
Zyra's w ability w
Zyra's e ability e
Zyra's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
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E
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E
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Zyra

Tips for Playing as Zyra against Tristana

Seeds grant vision to your team.

Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.

Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.

Advice to Win Against Tristana

Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.

If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.

Zyra vs Tristana Counter Stats

Zyra Image
Win Rate
53.3 %
VS
Win Rate
46.7 %
Tristana Image
3.8
< Kills >
7.7
6.2
< Deaths >
6.4
10.8
< Assists >
5.2
0.83
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
57
< Minions Killed >
170
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.53
1,057
< Physical Damage >
17,125
19,324
< Magic Damage >
2,374
1,027
< True Damage >
451
21,409
< Damage Dealt >
19,951
18,026
< Damage Taken >
22,861
9,704
< Gold Earned >
12,726
1.84
< Towers >
2.6
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
1,939
< Total Healing >
6,465
11,451
< Experience >
13,282
56
< Vision Score >
18
24
< Wards Placed >
9
278
< Time Dealing CC >
68

How to Counter Tristana with Zyra in LoL

The stats shown here show some valuable Zyra against Tristana matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Zyra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zyra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Tristana. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Zyra normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives less damage than Tristana. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zyra and Tristana

Damage Types Compared

Zyra
Tristana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zyra
Tristana

Who is Better, Zyra or Tristana?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zyra usually wins when facing off against Tristana, with a 53.3% win rate. Therefore, Zyra makes a great counter to Tristana.

While Zyra does have a higher winrate than Tristana, when they face off with one another, Zyra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zyra into Tristanaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Zyra has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zyra vs Tristana matchups, Zyra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Zyra is a great counter to Tristana. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Zyra against Tristana.

Additional Information for Zyra Players

How We Calculated Our Zyra vs Tristana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tristana as Zyra, we analyzed 5,307 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Tristana as Zyra comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zyra in order to counter Tristana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zyra most often accumulates less CS relative to Tristana. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Zyra versus Tristana build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Zyra included at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Tristana than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zyra boasted an average win rate of 53.3% when countering Tristana with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Tristana as Zyra, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Zyra vs Tristana clashes, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.3% win rate overall.

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